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THE KING’S BUSINESS
What law did he' fulfil? Matt. 10:8. Is there any virtue in the prayer o f faith for the sick? Jas. 5:14, 15. Who imparted the power to Paul to heal the sick ? 1 Cor. 12:9. Will the Spirit-filled disciple find open doors for service everywhere? Eccl. 11:6. What is the promise o f the Lord to those who seek to bestow the blessings o f the Gospel? John 4:35, 36. ' PRACTICAL POINTS (1) Men cannot destroy the man whom God has destined for service.
(2) Any kind o f an instrument may be used o f God in saving souls. (3) Hard hearts can be made loying by the Lord. (4) The Son o f God will shake Satan into the, lake o f fire. (5) Human nature is famed for its fickle ness. ( 6 ) The prayer o f faith has saved many a publican. (7) If any man serve me Him will my Father honor.
'M ----------O------------ World’s Temperance Sunday
NOVEMBER, 12, .1916. LESSON VII. Rom. 14:13-15:3. (Commit 14:16,17). G olden T ext : “ It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine nor anythin'g whereby thy brother stumbltth.” —Rom. 14:21.
DA ILY BIBLE READINGS Mon., Nov. 6 —Rom. 14:13-15:3. (The Lesson).
Tues., Nov. 7—1 Cor, 8 :8-13. Wed., Nov. 8—1 Cor, 10:24-33. Thurs, Nov. 9—Proy. 23:15-23. Fri., Nov. 10—Dan. 5 :l-9. Sat., Nov. 11—Isaiah 5:11-23. Sun, Nov. 12—1 Thess. 5 :4-18.
EXPOSIT ION AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS
vs. 13-15. "Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge (add, ye) this rather that no man put a stumbling block or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way (a stumbling block in his brother’s way,' or an occasion of falling). I know, and am persuaded, by (in) the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing (nothing is) unclean of itself: but (save that) to him that esteemeth (accounteth) anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean. But if thy brother be grieved by thy meat, now walk- est thou not charitably (For if because of meat thy brother is grieved thou walkest no longer in love). Destroy not him with thy meat for whom Christ died (Destroy not with thy meat him for whom Christ died).” The “therefore” in vs. 13 points
back to verse 12 which should be carefully pondered in order to get the connection and bearing of Paul’s w ords: as we are each one of us to render our account to God and to Him only we should stop judging one another. Food is a very proper thing, and others may lay down laws for us as to what we should and should not eat that have no warrant in God’s word, and we may very properly laugh at these man made laws; yet Love is the ruling principle o f a Christian life and if our doing some thing that in itself is ‘perfectly proper is going to grieve some brother, and above all if it is to lead him into sin and ruin how can we do it? Better have our own liberty curtailed than to have him lose his soul. If we magnify our liberty at the cost
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